Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
BOBBY JONESIf I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.
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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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The difference between a sand trap and water hazard is the difference between a car crash and an airplane crash. You have a chance of recovering from a car crash.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.
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If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
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The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He’s a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it. I shall not attempt to explain how you achieve this happy timing.
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I will tell you privately it’s not going to get better, it’s going to get worse all the time, but don’t fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let’s not talk about this, ever again.
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